{"id":331481,"date":"2025-12-05T06:07:07","date_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:07:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331481\/"},"modified":"2025-12-05T06:07:07","modified_gmt":"2025-12-05T06:07:07","slug":"the-batman-director-defends-paul-dano-from-tarantino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/331481\/","title":{"rendered":"‘The Batman’ Director Defends Paul Dano From Tarantino\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFilmmaker Matt Reeves<\/a> added his voice to the wave of praise for Paul Dano<\/a> \u2014 an outpouring that was prompted by Quentin Tarantino<\/a> dissing Dano as \u201cthe weakest fucking actor in SAG.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cPaul Dano is an incredible actor, and an incredible person,\u201d Reeves wrote<\/a> on social media Thursday afternoon. The director worked with Dano on \u201cThe Batman<\/a>,\u201d in which the actor took on the role of the villainous Riddler and faced off against Robert Pattinson\u2019s Caped Crusader.<\/p>\n

\n\tTarantino made his comments about Dano in an appearance on The Bret Easton Ellis Podcast, in which the filmmaker named his 20 favorite movies of the 21st century. But Tarantino upstaged his own taste a bit when discussing his fifth-place selection, Paul Thomas Anderson\u2019s \u201cThere Will Be Blood,\u201d arguing that the film would be his first or second pick \u201cif it didn\u2019t have a big, giant flaw in it\u2026 and the flaw is Paul Dano.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cHe is weak sauce, man. He is the weak sister,\u201d Tarantino continued. \u201cHe\u2019s just such a weak, weak, uninteresting guy. Daniel Day-Lewis shows that he doesn\u2019t need a strong foil. The movie needs it. He doesn\u2019t need anything. It\u2019s supposed to be a two-hander and it\u2019s not! \u2026 You put him with the the weakest fucking actor in SAG? The limpest dick in the world?\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tThe harsh take prompted<\/a> others in the industry to voice their appreciation for Dano, including Reeves\u2019 \u201cThe Batman\u201d sequel screenwriter Mattson Tomlin: \u201cI am really pleased to see so many people cheer on Paul Dano this week. Not only is he a terrific actor, but he\u2019s an astonishing director who exudes control and tremendous empathy. Check out \u2018Wildlife\u2019 if you haven\u2019t seen it.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tBen Stiller also showed his appreciation, writing <\/a>on social media that \u201cPaul Dano is f-ing brilliant.\u201d Alec Baldwin shared<\/a> a video statement saying, \u201cI love Paul Dano. And if you don\u2019t love Paul Dano, shhhhhh.\u201d<\/p>\n

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